Insecure in Love, Leslie BeckerPhelps, PhD
Insecure in Love, Leslie BeckerPhelps, PhD
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Insecure in Love
How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It

Author: Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/29/2015


Synopsis

Has your romantic partner called you clingy, insecure, desperate, or jealous? No one wants to admit that they possess these qualities, but if you find yourself constantly on the alert, anxious, or worried when it comes to your significant other, you may suffer from anxious attachment, a fear of abandonment that is often rooted in early childhood experiences.

In Insecure in Love, you'll learn how to overcome attachment anxiety using compassionate self-awareness, a technique that can help you recognize your negative thoughts or unhealthy behavior patterns and respond to them in a nurturing way—rather than beating yourself up. You'll also learn how insecurity can negatively affect healthy dialog between you and your partner (or potential partners) and develop the skills needed to stop you from reverting back to old patterns of neediness and possessiveness.

About Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD

Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD, is an internationally published author, speaker, and psychologist. She is a trusted expert on relationship issues that people have with themselves, as well as with others. She is author of Insecure in Love and Bouncing Back from Rejection. She writes the Making Change blog for psychologytoday.com. In addition, she has created a library of short videos on her YouTube channel to offer people the opportunity to learn how to feel better about themselves and their lives.

Becker-Phelps has a private practice in Basking Ridge, New Jersey; and is on the medical staff of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, where she previously served as clinical director of women's psychological services, and chief of psychology in the department of psychiatry. She lives with her husband and two sons in Basking Ridge.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ibukun on May 05, 2015

This book helped me understand myself in a way that I never did before. Think of it as cheap therapy.......more

Goodreads review by Steven on September 06, 2020

This just didn't do it for me. While the content seems perfectly useful and informative, it came across very, very dryly. That said, this book may be for you if you're looking for numerous practice exercises. Personally, I gained more insight from Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and Ho......more